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Zacks.com Announces that the Experts At Ultimate Option Strategies Highlight an Option for the Following Stock: Merrill Lynch.


CHICAGO -- Ken Trester and his team at the Ultimate Option Strategies newsletter say whether investors agree with trade sanctions Trade sanctions are trade penalties imposed by one or more countries on one or more other countries. Typically the sanctions take the form of import tariffs (duties), licensing schemes or other administrative hurdles.  or not, they cannot ignore the ramifications ramifications nplAuswirkungen pl . Learn about an option for Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis.  (NYSE NYSE

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:MER mer

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). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84

Highlights from the June 27th Featured Expert column by Ken Trester include:

Market Outlook

Does anyone really think China's reaction to trade sanctions won't be to throw up sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym.

Sanctions involving countries:
 of their own? The market certainly believes that will be the case. One investing rule you can take to the bank is that when governments start poking into things, investors are not shy about getting out of the way. But this time around it isn't just an industry or two that politicians want to come down on. Their target is one of the few drivers of global growth in the world today. Whether you agree with trade sanctions or not, as an investor you cannot ignore the ramifications. The market certainly isn't.

Ken Trester's Best Option Play

Debit Spread Debit spread

Applies to derivative products. Difference in the value of two options, when the value of the option bought exceeds the value of the one sold. One buys a "debit spread." Antithesis of a credit spread.
 to Buy -- Buy Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) Jan 2007 60 Call and sell MER Jan 2007 65 Call. The spread price at Friday (6/24) close was $1.90. The maximum profit potential with this position is 142%. Maximum profits will be realized if the stock is above $60.00, a 9% stock price gain, during the week prior to January 2007 options expiration EXPIRATION. Cessation; end. As, the expiration of, a lease, of a contract, or statute.
     2. In general, the expiration of a contract puts an end to all the engagements of the parties, except to those which arise from the non- fulfillment of obligations created
. The break-even stock price is $61.90, a 12.5% gain.

A debit spread is similar to buying an option, except you are using the simultaneous sale of another option to offset some of the cost. Debit spreads are not as volatile as buying options, which works both ways. The spread value will not decline as fast if the stock price falters, but also will not rise as fast in the event of a rally. Also, you are dealing with two different bid/ask prices, so a debit spread will take some time to "catch up" to your entry price. The objective is for the stock to be above the top leg of the spread as expiration approaches.

Read Ken Trester's entire commentary and get much more information on the option above by clicking: http://at.zacks.com/?id=85

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A firm that compiles earnings estimates and brokerage firm investment recommendations for thousands of publicly traded firms.
 has assembled the best investment experts in the business to offer their powerful advisory newsletters on all the major investment topics: Stocks, Mutual Funds, Bonds, Options, Futures etc.

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